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Get the 20X... you won't regret it!

Aren't big pretty bulls like that supposed to be all broke up on the late hunts? Congratulations on a great bull!!!

Congrats to you and your boys Ed! I had the opportunity to help my son take his first deer this year and will never forget it.

That is awesome... congratulations!!!

No one has mentioned it yet, but just in case your interested, you are allowed to shoot one per calendar year in Arizona. No special tag is required, just your hunting license. I don't think you'd want to eat one, but they do make a nice looking lifesize mount and a I'm sure it would be a fun conversation piece with all your Minnesota buddies.

Nice bucks and great hunt stories... Congratulations to both of you!!!

Those soda can stoves are pretty cool. I've used them for years. They're simple, light weight, very inexpensive to make and work very well.

I have for sale a custom 30-378 weatherby mag built on a Sako M995 action with a 30", stainless, fluted, Lilja 1:10 twist barrel with break. Action is fully bedded and the trigger is crisp with no creep. Also included are 30mm rings and bases and 80+ rounds of hand loaded ammo. Shoots sub 1/2" MOA with less than 200 rounds down the tube. Asking $1,250 for everything. All it needs is a scope and you're all ready to kill stuff from a long ways away

Check out the Outdoorsmans pack. Not only are they a sponser here, but it's the perfect pack for western hunters!!!

If it was me I would go over the weekend of December 10-12, then again over the weekend of December 17-19, and finally I would take the five days off work and hunt December 26-31. Good luck and be sure and post some pictures!!!

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Just a reminder for those of you with elk tags to visit the contest section (follow the link below) and get pictures of your elk submitted to the contest as soon as possible. There is no cost, any member with an elk tag can enter, and you don't even have to have filled your tag or killed a giant to enter. Check it out! Follow the link for all the details and catagories: http://forums.coueswhitetail.com/forums/in...showtopic=20753

My big three point mule deer.

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Way to go Phil and Jim!!! Looks like your persistance has once again paid off. Congrats on a great hunt and a nice buck.

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How do you lke those JLK's? Ive never seen anything get hit with one. Does the stiller action have a longer magazine box to fit those bullets? I've killed three animals with them so far and have been very happy with the results. They are built with the same jackets and using the same exact process as Bergers so the truth is they perform pretty much the same way that Bergers do. With the 5 animals I've shot or seen shot with them only twice has the bulled exited the animal and that was on a 526 yard shot I made on an antelope in New Mexico and my son's small buck at under 100 yards. If you look at the picture below of the exit hole you can see it's the size of a golf ball. With a BC of .680, groups in the .3's, and devistating results on animals it's pretty much a no brainer! I'll be heading to Colorado at the end of the week for a mule deer hunt. My two hunting buddies and myself are all using them. I'll try to get some more pic's and report back on the results. As stated above me the magazine cut out is extended. The OAL for this load is 3.735 and they fit just fine.

Here's my custom LR rifle. It's a 300 RUM built by Todd Bettin. Stillar Predator action, with a Schilen cut rifle ABS carbon wrapped 28" barrel and break. Lone Wolf Howler stock with a Huskemaw scope. Shooting a 210 JLK bullet over 92.2 grains of Retumbo @ 3185 fps. So far I've taken a coues at 190 yards, a mule deer at 515 yards, and an antelope at 526 yards.

Gino,A big congratulations to both you and Tina!!! If you're looking for a taxidermist to do a lifesize mount on that lion I know this guy...

Great Job! I can't wait to see how Scott does and read the story.

So if I'm shooting a 403 grain arrow at 325 fps how can I calculate how much kenetic energy my arrow has at say 100 yards? Seems like there are a lot of calculators that will tell me my arrows KE at the starting line, but what about down range?

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Last year I paid real close attention to my moon table that is programed into my Garmin GPS. Over 20 days of hunting in December and January and for the most part it was pretty accurate. There were a few times where the weather disrupted the pattern, but I was very impressed. I came home and did a little research on the different moon phases and basicly any time the moon is directly over head or under feet are the best times to hunt with the full moon and new moon being the best of the best. I guess it's a lot like the tide and the moon plays a huge role in that. I think a lot of folks don't realize that about 12 hours after the full moon is directly over your head it's now directly under your feet and that can be a very effective time to hunt. Pay attention next time your out and you never know what you might find! I'm not saying I live and die by it, but I usually plan my afternoon nap around it

This only applies to "maintained" roads. The regs point that for saftey reasons you shouldn't shood across "any" road, but the law only applies to maintained roads.

Welcome to the site Jed! And congrats on an awesome buck! It was a tough year for antelope in 10 but it paid off for you in a big way. How did things turn out for Ben?